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Here are the two Lifetime Achievement Award recipients for Traders Magazine's inaugural "Wall Street Women: A Celebration of Excellence." An independent advisory committee of women chose the winners from nominations by the industry. The 16 awards will be presented on Nov. 10 at the New York Academy of Sciences.

Here are the two Crystal Ladder Award recipients for Traders Magazine's inaugural "Wall Street Women: A Celebration of Excellence." An independent advisory committee of women chose the winners from nominations by the industry. The 16 awards will be presented on Nov. 10 at the New York Academy of Sciences.

Here are the two Entrepreneur of the Year Award recipients for Traders Magazine's inaugural "Wall Street Women: A Celebration of Excellence." An independent advisory committee of women chose the winners from nominations by the industry. The 16 awards will be presented on Nov. 10 at the New York Academy of Sciences.

Even as the trading markets have become fragmented and electronic, brokers on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange still provide value, according to Jonanthan Corpina, senior managing partner at Meridian Equity Partners. Brokers on the exchange floor can offer "parity" and point-of-sale information that few others can.

While a small number of women have survived the tumult of Wall Street, the great ones have thrived. Here is a complete gallery of all the recipients for Traders Magazine's inaugural "Wall Street Women: A Celebration of Excellence." The winners' stories of leadership, perseverance, assertiveness and charity are an inspiration.

The whipsaw of stock prices this year is not due to faulty functioning of markets, say exchange operators. Tinkering with market data or other parts of a "highly tuned engine" must be carried out carefully, as a result, said Goldman Sachs' head of U.S. equities trading.

Here are the two Charitable Award recipients for Traders Magazine's inaugural "Wall Street Women: A Celebration of Excellence." An independent advisory committee of women chose the winners from nominations by the industry. The 16 awards will be presented on Nov. 10 at the New York Academy of Sciences.

As talk in Europe of a securities transaction tax heats up, and with the recent introduction of a similar tariff in the U.S. House and Senate, Traders Magazine revisits a column by Dan Mathisson from January of last year that remains timely. The good news in the U.S. is that President Obama does not support the tax and few think the legislation will move forward. Still, the story won't go away.

A new system requiring standardized IDs for financial institutions will finally start to take shape in 2012, with new details slated to be announced in January by the Geneva-based International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

Here are the two Trailblazer Award recipients for Traders Magazine's inaugural "Wall Street Women: A Celebration of Excellence." An independent advisory committee of women chose the winners from nominations by the industry. The 16 awards will be presented on Nov. 10 at the New York Academy of Sciences.